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Locusts
locust biology and pictures: 1 2
FAO MediaBase (locust pics)
grasshoppers and crickets
how locusts jump
ISPI (locust literature)
Biblical plagues
Orthopterists' Society
other locust species

Locust Centres

Algeria (INPV)
Mauritania (CLA)
Morocco (LAA)
Pakistan (DPP)
Saudi Arabia (DLRCC)

Donors & Partners

APLC (Australia)
CIDA (Canada)
CIRAD/PRIFAS (France)
GTZ (Germany)
ICIPE (Kenya)
JICA (Japan)
NRI (UK)
OECD
USAID (USA)
World Bank

Equipment
ULV sprayers: Micron
GPS: Garmin Magellan
Radios: Codan Icom Yaesu
Palmtop computers: Psion
Off-road: Dune-buggies
Microlights: list 1 list 2

Weather
Africa Data
ECMWF
IBIMET (Italy)
intellicast
IPS meteostar
IRI climate prediction
Met Office (UK)
NOAA anomolies
NWS climate prediction
rain or shine
US Navy rainfall estimates
weather.com
weather underground

National Services

Algeria
Chad
Egypt
India
Iran
Morocco
Oman
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia

Early Warning
FAO Global Info & Early Warning System
FAO ARTEMIS maps & data
HEWS early warning
ICOSAMP S. Africa migratory pests
IGAD Market info system
RAMSES National Locust GIS
ReliefWeb
SPOT-VGT vegetation imagery
USAID Famine Early Warning System
Univ. Edinburgh Geography Dept. (GIS)
Western Australia AGWEST
Windisp4 software

Environment
Biocontrol Newsletter
EarthExplorer (satellite imagery)
FAO Locustox Project (Senegal)
Lubilosa Project (West Africa)
Swedish Univ. Ag. Sciences
Wageningen Ag. Univ. (Entomology)

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